Dr. Hasan Zuhuri Sarıkaya, the president of the IUS Board of Trustees, is one of the speakers at the “International Symposium on the 15 July and Coups D`Etat”, which is currently being held in Sakarya, Turkey, whilst the president of SEDEF Foundation Mr. Hasan Topaloğlu is also attending this symposium which will last from October 26 – 28, 2017. The main topic of the symposium held at mountain Kartepe is: “Global Effects, Media, and Democracy”, and it is hosting 187 speakers from 26 countries.

Honorary president of the symposium is the Numan Kurtulmuş, Minister of Culture and Turism of Turkey, and the partners in the symposium organization are: International University of Sarajevo (IUS), TRT, Anadolu Agency, Kocaeli Municipality, Kocaeli University, İstanbul University, Sakarya University, Yıldırım Beyazıt University and Prime Ministry Public Diplomacy Coordinator.